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American Carnage

On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump

By:
Tim Alberta

Narrated by:
Jason Culp

Length: 26 hrs and 23 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
551

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
495

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
492

The 2016 election was a watershed for the United States. But, as Tim Alberta explains in American Carnage, to understand Trump’s victory is to view him not as the creator of this era of polarization and bruising partisanship, but rather as its most manifest consequence. American Carnage is the story of a president’s rise based on a country’s evolution and a party’s collapse. As George W. Bush left office with record-low approval ratings and Barack Obama led a Democratic takeover of Washington, Republicans faced a moment of reckoning.

5 out of 5 stars

masterpiece

By
ZZ
on
07-26-19

American Carnage

On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump

The Republican Party Autopsy

What happened to decent men like John McCain or Mitt Romney leading the GOP? Tim Alberta digs deep and walks us through the destruction of the Republican Party.

American Moonshot

John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race

By:
Douglas Brinkley

Narrated by:
Stephen Graybill

Length: 17 hrs and 14 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
228

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
211

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
210

As the 50th anniversary of the first lunar landing approaches, the award-winning historian and perennial New York Times best-selling author takes a fresh look at the space program, President John F. Kennedy’s inspiring challenge, and America’s race to the moon.

Save on publishing cost

Makes for great summer reading

Overall

5 out of 5 stars

Performance

5 out of 5 stars

Story

5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 05-14-19

Wow! What a great summer read! This book focuses primarily on the “space race” and all the political wrangling that it entitled. It’s not really a book that is deep on details about science or describing space travel. I really enjoyed this perspective from the author. I didn’t have any problems with the narrator, thought he did a good job.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Born to Run

By:
Bruce Springsteen

Narrated by:
Bruce Springsteen

Length: 18 hrs and 12 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
8,381

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
7,825

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
7,788

In 2009, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed at the Super Bowl's halftime show. The experience was so exhilarating that Bruce decided to write about it. That's how this extraordinary autobiography began. Over the past seven years, Bruce Springsteen has privately devoted himself to writing the story of his life, bringing to this audio the same honesty, humor, and originality found in his songs.

5 out of 5 stars

The Boss demonstrates his strong work ethic and dedication to excellence as he tells his story.

The story of a Soul Man

What an amazing story. Bruce provides you with an intimate account of his life. He doesn't shy away from the darker side of his demons either. His narration is wonderful and provides soul.

Our Revolution

A Future to Believe In

By:
Bernie Sanders

Narrated by:
Bernie Sanders,
Mark Ruffalo

Length: 18 hrs and 34 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,597

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,475

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,475

When Bernie Sanders began his race for the presidency, it was considered by the political establishment and the media to be a "fringe" campaign, something not to be taken seriously. After all, he was just an independent senator from a small state with little name recognition. His campaign had no money, no political organization, and it was taking on the entire Democratic Party establishment. By the time Sanders' campaign came to a close, however, it was clear that the pundits had gotten it wrong.

What a time it was

Bernie recalls adventures from the road as he tries to become POTUS. He also lays out his vision for the future.

2 of 3 people found this review helpful

Digging Up Mother

A Love Story

By:
Johnny Depp - foreword,
Doug Stanhope

Narrated by:
Doug Stanhope and Friends

Length: 12 hrs and 44 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
3,182

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
2,959

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
2,949

Doug Stanhope is one of the most critically acclaimed and stridently unrepentant comedians of his generation. What will surprise some is that he owes so much of his dark and sometimes uncomfortably honest sense of humor to his mother, Bonnie.

This is a love story

The life and times of Doug and his mother. Very cool to have the interviews to clear up the backstory. Wish more books did that.

Bobby Kennedy

The Making of a Liberal Icon

By:
Larry Tye

Narrated by:
Marc Cashman

Length: 19 hrs and 47 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
315

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
277

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
273

History remembers Robert F. Kennedy as a racial healer, a tribune for the poor, and the last progressive knight of a bygone era of American politics. But Kennedy's enshrinement in the liberal pantheon was actually the final stage of a journey that had its beginnings in the conservative 1950s. In
Bobby Kennedy, Larry Tye peels away layers of myth and misconception to paint a complete portrait of this singularly fascinating figure.

5 out of 5 stars

For 11 brief shining hours Larry Tye brings RFK back to life with all warts and promise

A wonderful book.

Overall

5 out of 5 stars

Performance

5 out of 5 stars

Story

5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 08-11-16

I was initially taken back by a poor review I encountered on audible. The book is well written and the production is top notch. If you are curious about Bobby Kennedy, I'd recommend this book without hesitation.

4 of 4 people found this review helpful

To Hell and Back

Europe 1914-1949

By:
Ian Kershaw

Narrated by:
John Curless

Length: 26 hrs and 43 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
545

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
491

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
488

The European catastrophe, the long continuous period from 1914 to1949, was unprecedented in human history - an extraordinarily dramatic, often traumatic, and endlessly fascinating period of upheaval and transformation.

Very good, well-educated reader/narrator.

A Survey of the WWI and WWII in Europe

Overall

4 out of 5 stars

Performance

4 out of 5 stars

Story

4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 07-06-16

I have listened to Erik Larson's Dead Wake and In the Garden of Beasts, as well as Dan Carlin's Hardcore History Podcast. This made me somewhat familiar with the events. The presentation is very straight forward. It's a history of Europe from 1919-1949.

Stories I Tell Myself

Growing Up with Hunter S. Thompson

By:
Juan F. Thompson

Narrated by:
Juan F. Thompson

Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
213

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
195

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
191

Hunter S. Thompson, "smart hillbilly"; boy of the South; born and bred in Louisville, Kentucky; son of an insurance salesman and a stay-at-home mom; public school-educated; jailed at 17 on a bogus petty robbery charge; member of the US Air Force (airman second class); copy boy for
Time; writer for
The National Observer; et cetera.

Father and Son

An honest and thoughtful look at the love between a father and son. I now feel like I understand better why Hunter decided to take his life.

3 of 4 people found this review helpful

In the Garden of Beasts

Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

By:
Erik Larson

Narrated by:
Stephen Hoye

Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
6,394

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
5,360

Story

4 out of 5 stars
5,358

The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America’s first ambassador to Hitler’s Germany in a year that proved to be a turning point in history. A mild-mannered professor from Chicago, Dodd brings along his wife, son, and flamboyant daughter, Martha. At first Martha is entranced by the parties and pomp, and the handsome young men of the Third Reich with their infectious enthusiasm for restoring Germany to a position of world prominence. Enamored of the “New Germany,” she has one affair after another....

The rise of Hitler through American eyes.

This book will take you to some dark places. Had never heard of Dodd before but Larson constructs a compelling tale about Hitler's rise to power in the 1930s.

Dead Wake

The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

By:
Erik Larson

Narrated by:
Scott Brick

Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
11,106

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
10,001

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
9,982

On May 1, 1915, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of children and infants. The passengers were anxious. Germany had declared the seas around Britain to be a war zone, and for months, its U-boats had brought terror to the North Atlantic.